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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Top cop says miniskirts are not African
19-02-2013
NAMIBIAN Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga has warned women to refrain from wearing miniskirts that are “too short and revealing” in public because it’s not acceptable in the African
readEx-trustees left with conman’s mess
19-02-2013
THE fraud committed by a South African confidence trickster in Namibia ten years ago is continuing to be a headache for a group of prominent Namibians who agreed to serve as trustees of an
readSports Illustrated under fire for ‘racist’ photo shoot
19-02-2013
Sports Illustrated magazine sparked a racial controversy this week over its latest swimsuit edition featuring bikini-clad models posing with African and Chinese natives dressed in traditional garb.The
readSMSes for Tuesday 19 February 2013
19-02-2013
SMS Of The Day *UNEMPLOYMENT can be reduced in Namibia if our government takes serious measures like: registering all the unemployed; holding consultative meetings with those suffering in all 13
readAfrican Squash Champs begin
19-02-2013
THE biggest squash event yet to be staged in Namibia, the All-Africa Senior Squash Championships, starts at the Wanderers courts this morning. Ten teams from six countries will compete in two pools in
readSerena aims to catch legends
19-02-2013
DUBAI – Serena Williams may be the oldest player ever to become world number one on the WTA rankings but she is still young enough to match the Grand Slam achievements of two legends, Martina
readCycling heading for a bright future
19-02-2013
THE future of Namibian cycling looks bright after some exceptional performances by Namibia’s top junior cyclists this season, culminating in Sunday’s Nedbank Cycle Challenge.Junior cyclists Mike
readKavango Region searches for talent
19-02-2013
AN under-20 football tournament will be held at Rundu this weekend, from which a preliminary Kavango Region squad for The Namibian Newspaper Cup will be selected. The tournament will feature sides
readWenger demands character in Bayern test
19-02-2013
LONDON – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ridden out periods of turbulence in what is certain to be eight successive trophyless seasons of domestic disappointment but the heat is back on when Bayern
readSonny Bill Williams eyes Olympic Sevens gold
19-02-2013
SYDNEY – Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams admits the chance to win Olympic gold could tempt him to switch to rugby Sevens for the 2016 Rio Games as he weighs up his future in the boxing ring.The
readEurope split over military support for Syrian rebels
19-02-2013
BRUSSELS – Britain, apparently backed by a handful of European Union allies, is fighting to lift an EU arms embargo barring the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebel coalition battling President
readTroubled singer Mindy McCready dies in apparent suicide
19-02-2013
Troubled country music star Mindy McCready, whose platinum singing career was shadowed by substance abuse and suicide attempts, was found dead on Sunday, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,
readThe Meandering Master
19-02-2013
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ (2012) is a lot longer than this review is going to be. However, unlike the long-winded narrative success he garnered expounding on the oil exploits of
readBBC journalists strike
19-02-2013
LONDON – BBC journalists on Monday began a 24-hour strike in protest at compulsory redundancies, causing possible disruption to the broadcaster’s television and radio output.Members of the National
readVenezuela’s Chavez makes surprise return home from Cuba
19-02-2013
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba on Monday more than two months after cancer surgery that threatens to end his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC
readDRC peace deal set to be signed
19-02-2013
NEW YORK – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend a signing ceremony next week in Addis Ababa for an accord aimed at pacifying the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, his spokesperson
readLibyans celebrate uneasy second anniversary
19-02-2013
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI – Thousands took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate two years since the start of Libya’s revolution and a national political leader promised to end the sense of neglect experienced
readEgyptian flooding washes away Gaza tunnel business and jobs
19-02-2013
GAZA – Egypt’s campaign to shut down smuggling tunnels running under its border into the Gaza Strip threatens to throw thousands of Palestinians out of work in the Hamas-run enclave.The network of
readTough quarter expected for tourism in Namibia
19-02-2013
AIR Namibia’s ongoing struggle with delayed flights is one of several factors cited by tourism operators that might hamper the performance of the tourism industry during the first quarter of 2013.Air
readAgricultural diary
19-02-2013
February 21: Total sale of the late Piet Jacobs’ Swakara stud at Witbooisvlei farmers’ hall. February 26: Leonardville regional auction of dorper and white dorper rams. February 27: Millekena
readAgriculture ministry to fund studies in soil, animal science
19-02-2013
TSUMEB – Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister John Mutorwa has said his ministry has plenty of money to assist Namibians who want to pursue tertiary studies in veterinary, crop and soil
readEuropean Union starts inspections of meat industry
19-02-2013
ANIMAL and public safety inspections by the European Union (EU) into the local beef industry starts today.The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) recently announced that the inspections will include
readSinging car guard in huge demand
19-02-2013
Cape Town’s singing car guard Alen Abrahams’ future looks bright.Big things are in place for him, says his manager Marlon Kruger. He said Abrahams was in huge demand at the moment in the country and
readGreat six months for Langer Heinrich
19-02-2013
LANGER Heinrich concluded the last six months of 2012 of a high note, reporting an increase in both production and sales figures, the latest financial results of Paladin Energy have shown.Production
readGive Your Slides Some White Space
19-02-2013
When preparing a presentation, it’s tempting to fill your slides with as much content as possible. But it’s your job to carefully arrange the elements so that your audience can both process the
readGhana government cuts fuel subsidies, prices jump
19-02-2013
ACCRA – Ghana cut fuel subsidies on Sunday as its new government took measures to curb spending after the West African exporter of cocoa, gold and oil overshot its budget deficit target by almost 100%
readLocal dairy industry still struggling against imports
19-02-2013
THE local dairy industry is still struggling to survive under stiff competition from cheap foreign imports almost seven years on.Dairy Producers’ Association (DPA) chairman Kokkie Adriaanse told Nampa
readConcern over drop in business in Oshikango
19-02-2013
OSHIKANGO – A high-profile committee is going to investigate the huge decline in business activities at Oshikango in the Ohangwena region.The committee, which will include representatives of the Bank
readEgypt currency has further to fall - business leader
19-02-2013
CAIRO – Egypt has begun devaluing its currency to help revive the economy and meet the conditions of an expected IMF loan and the depreciation has further to go, a business leader in the ruling Muslim
readOmulumentu aponokele omukadhi, tadhipaga okanona
19-02-2013
Uupwidhi wokumonitha aakulukadhi nuunona iihuna onkee tawutsikile, konima sho omulumentu gumwe ali adhipaga okanona komukulukadhi gwe mEtihamano sho ali tango adhenge no ku ehameka
readEpangelo kalinasha iimaliwa yokufuta oopenzela
19-02-2013
Oministeli yinasha niimaliwa moshilongo ota yi kongo noonkondo ekwatho lyagwedhwako lyopashimaliwa opo yi vule okufuta oopenzela dhaakulupe nodhiilema moomwedhi ndhika mbali dhahupuko manga omumvo
readOmulumentu aponokele omukadhi, tadhipaga okanona
19-02-2013
Uupwidhi wokumonitha aakulukadhi nuunona iihuna onkee tawutsikile, konima sho omulumentu gumwe ali adhipaga okanona komukulukadhi gwe mEtihamano sho ali tango adhenge no ku ehameka
readOmugundjuka ta feekelelwa ekwatonkonga lyokanona kokamati moVenduka
19-02-2013
Omugundjuka omumati hazi moVenduka okuli metonatelo lyopolisi konima sho ali aholoka lwotango mompangu mEtitano sho ali afeekelelwa ekwato lyonkonga lyokanona okamati.Nakufeekelelwa, Jeremia Toze
readGeingob Must Deal With Swapo Atrocities
19-02-2013
WHEN visited by the new German ambassador to Namibia, Onno Huckmann, on February 6 2013, Prime Minister Hage Geingob could not have been more correct and straightforward on the atrocities committed
readCourts Outdo Themselves In Caprivi Trial
19-02-2013
JUDGE Elton Hoff’s ruling last week in the Caprivi treason trial in which he rubbished the case of the State in a lengthy, if historic, judgement has reassured Namibians that our criminal justice
readFrom The Twittersphere
19-02-2013
NAMIBIAN tweeps take time out to decry the state of the nation, and the apparent perpetual daily dose of ‘sickening headlines’. Otherwise, what’s Hugo Chavez got that President Pohamba hasn’t? Plus,
readNotable Quotes
19-02-2013
We have a constitutional obligation towards the old people and those with disabilities and will not have an option other than to raise funds to cover for the shortfall. – Finance Permanent Secretary
readSuicides reported in city
19-02-2013
AN unknown man whose body was found hanging in the veld in the Otjomuise area of Windhoek over the past weekend has now been identified, the police reported yesterday.The man is thought to have
readOrphan registration stampede at Ongwediva
19-02-2013
HUNDREDS of children abandoned classes the past two weeks in the central northern regions to meet the February 15 deadline for the registration of orphans and vulnerable children.The offices of Epupa
readAccused men deny murder of farmer
19-02-2013
THE two men accused of robbing and murdering farmer Ellis Tjipueja in the Rehoboth district in June 2007 pleaded not guilty to all charges at the start of their trial in the High Court in Windhoek
readMan in court over firearms
19-02-2013
ERNST Josef Lichtenstrassen (51) appeared in the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Friday and yesterday on two separate charges under the Namibian Arms and Ammunitions Act.Lichtenstrassen remains in
readLawyers are not hired guns – Tjombe
19-02-2013
LAWYER Norman Tjombe has downplayed suggestions by a fellow lawyer that “an attorney is like a mercenary. We work for money and not loyalty”.Richard Metcalfe made the remark last week Thursday after
readKhorixas school hostels patrolled because of intruders
19-02-2013
THE Khorixas police are keeping a close eye on school hostels at Khorixas after a group of men jumped into the girls’ hostel last week and allegedly molested a number of girls.On Friday around 03h00,
readKeetmans teenager died from heatstroke
19-02-2013
AN autopsy done on Keetmanshoop teenager Marcelinus ‘Tony’ Katzao, who died under mysterious circumstances a few hours after his release from police custody, found that he died of heatstroke. This was
readForeign national’s rape trial nears end
19-02-2013
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Court on Friday heard the final arguments before judgement in the trial of United Arab Emirates (UAE) national Ali Said Abdullah Allanasri (40), who is accused of raping an
readEsau blames ‘external forces’ for fishing troubles
19-02-2013
THE minister of fisheries and marine resources, Bernard Esau, has blamed “external forces” for causing havoc in joint ventures in the fishing industry.Esau’s comments come in the wake of infighting
readWoman beheaded at Kahenge in Kavango
19-02-2013
KAHENGE – A 19-year-old woman was decapitated by a man of the same age on Friday morning at Kahenge village, 120km west of Rundu.The police in the Kavango Region arrested the suspect on the same day.
readBasters want greater autonomy over land
19-02-2013
THE leader of the Baster community of the Rehoboth area, Kaptein John McNab, is accusing the Namibian government of unilaterally declaring the land of his people as state property.McNab said that the
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